Okay, so this morning I was watching the Today show to see Kris Allen and Adam Lambert perform. Of course they put it at the very end of the 8 o'clock hour and teased us and teased us with showing them rehearsing and in the green room, etc. But this is the thing I thought was funny.
On the show this morning was Sara Jane Moore. She was one of the women in the 70's who tried assassinate President Ford. Matt interviewed her. She was my age when she committed her crime and she's been in jail for 32 years. They talked about lots of things, why she did what she did, why she decided to come forward, what life is like now, how prison changed her. She's an interesting woman, extremely sharp for being in her 80's and having been in prison for that long. She looks like an ordinary grandmother.
So here's the funny part, during Kris and Adam's performances, they showed the crowd as they always do. Lots of young people with cameras, singing along, lots of signs and screaming. And guess who was right there with the rest of them, Sara Jane Moore. It just goes to show you that American Idol fans are truly everywhere...even little old ladies who have been in prison for the past 32 years. It made me laugh. Pop culture at its best. Had to share.
I don't know what to think of this. You said it well--Pop culture at its best (or worst).
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